The Very Best of Maria Callas
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Label: Alto
Cat No: ALC1234
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 3rd February 2014
Contents
Works
I PuritaniArtists
Maria Callas (soprano)Nicola Monti
Cesare Valetti
Orchestra of RIAS, Berlin
Orchestra of RAI San Remo
Orchestra of RAI Turin
Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
French National Radio Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductors
Arturo BasileAlfredo Simonetto
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Nicola Rescigno
Antonino Votto
Georges Pretre
Tullio Serafin
Herbert von Karajan
Victor de Sabata
Works
I PuritaniArtists
Maria Callas (soprano)Nicola Monti
Cesare Valetti
Orchestra of RIAS, Berlin
Orchestra of RAI San Remo
Orchestra of RAI Turin
Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
French National Radio Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Conductors
Arturo BasileAlfredo Simonetto
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Nicola Rescigno
Antonino Votto
Georges Pretre
Tullio Serafin
Herbert von Karajan
Victor de Sabata
About
These recordings reflect the best choices from many for a single disc of ‘La Divina’.
“These are (mainly) recordings from the 1950s when the voice was still in fine condition and the artistry at its most magnetic” (Penguin Guide)
Contents:
1. Casta diva (Norma - Bellini)
2. Qui la voce (I Puritani - Bellini)
Orchestra of RAI, Turin conducted by Arturo Basile, 1949
3. Ah non credea mirarti (La Sonnambulla - Bellini)
with Nicola Monti, La Scala, Milan / Antonino Votto, 1957
4. Mad scene (Final section) - Spargi d’amaro pianto (Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti)
Orchestra of RIAS, Berlin / Herbert von Karajan, 1955
5. D’amore al dolce impero (Armida - Rossini)
Orchestra of RAI San Remo / Alfredo Simonetto, 1954
6. Anch’io dischiuso (Nabucco - Verdi)
7. Vieni! t’affretta (Macbeth - Verdi)
Orchestra of RAI Turin / Oliviero de Fabritiis, 1952
8. Ah fors’ e lui.. sempre libera (La Traviata - Verdi)
with Cesare Valetti
9. Addio del passato (La Traviata - Verdi)
Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicola Rescigno, 1958
10. Suicidio ! (La Gioconda - Ponchielli)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Antonino Votto, 1959
11. Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila - Saint-Saens)
French National Radio Orchestra / Georges Pretre, 1961
12. Ebben? ne andro lontano (La Wally - Catalani)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Tullio Serafin, 1954
13. Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly - Puccini)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Herbert von Karajan, 1955
14. Vissi d’arte (Tosca - Puccini)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Victor de Sabata, 1953
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